Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lesser included offense

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables: lesser in-clud-ed of-fense
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A crime the elements of which coincide with the elements of a more serious crime, from which the prosecutor is therefore precluded from separately charging a criminal defendant.

Example Sentences

"A robbery is an assault combined with a theft; a person can not be criminally charged with both the robbery and the assault that occurred during the robbery; the assault is a lesser included offense."

Inflected Forms

lesser included offenses (plural) lesser included offence (alternative)

Questions

What does lesser included offense mean?: A crime the elements of which coincide with the elements of a more serious crime, from which the prosecutor is therefore precluded from separately charging a criminal defendant.

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